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MadameButterfly

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40. Though not this, they would have found something
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:35 PM
Sep 2025

or created something, and still will.
If Trump wants martial law, he'll get martial law.

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And the Left is giving them all the ammunition they want. Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #1
Settle down there, Sparky. There isn't going to be any "shooting war." PSPS Sep 2025 #5
I say "Shooting", but I just generally mean violence. Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #7
Brownshirts cracking heads in streets...oh, wait...that is Redhats doing that...n/t PatrickforB Sep 2025 #48
Reminds me of how TV westerns in the 50's got kids all gun happy. Crowman2009 Sep 2025 #35
Now, here now. I loved my Roy Rogers cap pistol and my Daisy BB gun LiberalArkie Sep 2025 #42
Agree...in a few days he'll be like rush limbaugh....nobody will be talking about him. PortTack Sep 2025 #50
Of course we know ALL social media posts are true. Republicans couldn't have planted those posts at all. live love laugh Sep 2025 #6
When I say Social Media, I don't just mean texts. I mean videos. Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #8
There are worse videos and comments of attacks on Democrats like Pelosi's husband. Nobody threatened Civil War for the live love laugh Sep 2025 #12
St. Charlie himself graced Paul Pelosi with his gentle wit after he was attacked. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #20
Don Jr's post of tighty whiteys and a hammer is still the worst. rubbersole Sep 2025 #30
I follow journalist Greg Sargent on Bluesky, as I did on Twitter. Yesterday I saw him copying highplainsdem Sep 2025 #14
Quite so. And I honestly had no real reply to those who have said "Stop pointing fingers at us!" Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #15
Agreed. Btw, this is what Mamdani posted yesterday on Bluesky - "I'm horrified by the shooting of highplainsdem Sep 2025 #23
Yeah. I'm not going to say Kirk was a saint, Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #25
Probably quicker,too. BattleRow Sep 2025 #33
He as intent on getting the Epstein Files released MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #39
His own words do an even better job of that than anyone else ever could Torchlight Sep 2025 #21
The shot heard round the world. BattleRow Sep 2025 #32
Though not this, they would have found something MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #40
THE MARTYR, they likely created would be my take! usaf-vet Sep 2025 #37
That is my opinion as well. stage left Sep 2025 #47
A little too convenient. n/t yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #60
What makes you so sure those "Left wingers" MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #58
fascists don't need a martyr, they can pull any crap they want without an excuse and get away with it ImNotGod Sep 2025 #2
Perhaps, but they do tend to make up crises to rile up their people MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #41
You're right. Baitball Blogger Sep 2025 #3
sometimes when you are dealing with zealots, they may decide martyrs are necessary... dweller Sep 2025 #4
More like the PR infusion they needed leftstreet Sep 2025 #9
Good post and idea but, not so sure. People have the attention span to repeat this sentence. chouchou Sep 2025 #10
I might be wrong for the first time in my life but this shooting does not pass my smell test. Botany Sep 2025 #11
VERY orchestrated. The bloodlust chorus of shrill RW voices is telling. live love laugh Sep 2025 #49
Releasing that they had recovered the rifle and gave out the type and caliber of the weapon is really strange Botany Sep 2025 #54
Leon's leading the pack trying to slither back into the inner circle. live love laugh Sep 2025 #57
And less then a month or two ago we have one of Trump's ICE agents saying that he was there (some US .. Botany Sep 2025 #59
Martyrs Can Never Be Silenced MrWowWow Sep 2025 #13
You are not wrong debsy Sep 2025 #16
Unleashing hate and violence was Kirk's stock in trade Martin Eden Sep 2025 #17
They don't need an excuse Mblaze Sep 2025 #18
Horst Wessel of 2025 irisblue Sep 2025 #19
He's the American Kirov. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #22
The martyr they CREATED and INSPIRED. (nt) Heidi Sep 2025 #24
I think the High Sheriffs of "The Great MAGA Cause"... Raster Sep 2025 #52
I'm afraid you aren't wrong orangecrush Sep 2025 #26
K&R UTUSN Sep 2025 #27
I don't think they will get the mileage they want out of this death. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #28
So silly ... this guy was no Martin Luther King or UpInArms Sep 2025 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author ashredux Sep 2025 #31
Trump would have been a better martyr... I've heard people say. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #34
As if "he was the martyr they needed" was the only reason, they wanted to do this for years tornado34jh Sep 2025 #36
It's more like the distraction that the Orange Assclown needed. Crowman2009 Sep 2025 #38
I'm trying to dig myself out of this thought, but I fear he's the 21st century equivalent of Ft. Sumter. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2025 #43
Their Horst Wessel Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 #44
how about those epstein files? quakerboy Sep 2025 #45
My hope is that Charlie's followers will blame Dumpy because of the Epstein stuff. Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #46
just saying exactly that to my son-in-law rurallib Sep 2025 #51
Martyrs Can Never Be Silenced MrWowWow Sep 2025 #53
Nonsense FrankBooth Sep 2025 #55
Well, it was going to be somebody. hamsterjill Sep 2025 #56
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